Einstein and Heisenberg The Controversy Over Quantum Physics /

• Main Author: Kleinknecht, Konrad (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Biographies,
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Gravitation.; Popular Science in Physics.; Popular Science in History.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

This is a fascinating account of two great scientists of the 20th century: Einstein and Heisenberg, discoverers, respectively, of the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. It connects the history of modern physics to the life stories of these two extraordinary physicists.These discoveries laid...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Einstein's Youth
• Chapter 2: Heisenberg's Youth
• Chapter 3: The Wonder Years
• Chapter 4: Impact of the Discoveries
• Chapter 5: Expulsion and the War Years
• Chapter 6: Social Affinities
• Important Concepts and Physicists
• Bibliography
• Index.  .